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Band Management
Learn more about the music business and band management, including music licensing, booking your own DIY tour, music publishing, copyright law, music royalties, music promotion, music distribution and performing rights organizations.
The Myth of Fanbase Building
There is a disturbing trend I am seeing on YouTube and TikTok where the majority of music...
How Musicians Can Maintain Nutritional Health on Tour
Nutrition impacts performance, creativity, productivity and mental health. The belief that artists...
How to Plan for Future Sync Opportunities with Your Collaborators
A sync is a wonderful thing, often bringing artists unexpected income and exposing their music to a new audience. A winning sync is also a boon for the production team. Successfully pairing music...
Lyric House’s Approach to A&R For Sync
To say that Lyric House has been busy during the last year would be an understatement, and the creative key to our success lies in the synch-focused A&R we do from the ground floor. We take...
Mastering a Hybrid Approach to Live Music
Let’s start with the obvious -- the pandemic put a huge damper on the entire music industry, leaving you itching to get back to the stage and back to fans. But even in the face of endless...
Finding Your First Song by a Pro
Sometimes, let’s face it: You don’t write the songs. That’s okay; you’re in good company. Even artists who’ve won industry awards for their songs don’t always write all their own material. The myth...
6 Music Licensing Resources You Should Know About
Music licensing has become a means for income for many musicians now that concerts, gigs, and most live entertainment of any kind has been halted. Musicians have been working hard to find ways to...
HOW TO TACKLE PERFORMING ONLINE…And Other Things You Can’t Learn On The Road
Other things you can’t learn on the road…. what road? I knew you’d pay attention to that part 🙂 Whether you are an amateur musician or entertainment is your full-time gig, this pandemic turned most...
Fan subscriptions are booming. How should indie musicians approach theirs?
While live events are on hold, many artists have launched fan subscriptions as a way to generate income and give their fans the kind of connection and excitement that an in-person show can create....
Soundstripe VP Jay Harren on Music Licensing and the Perks of Royalty Free Tunes
Have you ever made a video, found the perfect song to match the vibe of your creation, and excitedly publish it to your YouTube channel only to receive a notice from YouTube stating that you are in...
Kanye’s Twitter Blast About Artist Contracts Wasn’t Extreme Enough
Even for the native Twitter-ites with their high tolerance for bombast, rage, and histrionics, most of @KanyeWest’s tweets are just plain extreme. But if you’ve been following his Tweet storm over...
Dear Music Maker – You’re Doing Just Fine
Did you see that meme about how Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague? How about Isaac Newton - did you see the article about how he developed differential and integral calculus (among other...